Swingable telephone



L'E. THOMAS.

SWINGABLE TELEPHONE. APPLICATION FILED MAR 22 II I JusephE .Thumas atkouuf Patented Dec. 13, 192-1.

1. E. THOMAS. SWINGABLE TELEPHONE. APPLICATION EILED MAR. 22. 1921.;

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

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JOSEPH ELMER THOMAS, OF SAWTELLE, CALIFORNIA.

SWINGAIBLE TELEPHONE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 13, 1921.

Application filed March 22, 1921. Serial No. 454,554.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH E. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sawtelle, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Swingable Telephones of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to supports, and the primary object of the invention is to provide an improved telephone support or bracket which can be readily attached to a wall or to a desk, and which will occupy a minimum amount of space, and be out of the way of the user of the desk.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved wall support or bracket for telephones, which can be swung at any angle desired, and which can be collapsed so as to occupy a small space.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved telephone support or stand of the above character, which is durable and eflicient in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one which can be placed upon the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which:

provedtelephone support or bracket,

1 is a perspective view of the imshowing the. same in its extended position with a telephone positioned thereon.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing parts thereof in section.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same, showing parts thereof in section.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary front elevation showing parts thereof in section, and illustrating the shelf in its collapsed position.

Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the supporting bracket for the hinged locking member.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate, corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A indicates the im- Figure proved bracket or support for the telephone B, which may be of the usual or any preferred construction.

The bracket A includes the face plate 10, which is adapted to be secured in place on the side of a desk or to a wall, by suitable fastening elements 11 which may be extend-ed through openings 12 bored into the face plate. The support A may be made of any desired material, such as hard wood or the like, and'the face plate 10 thereof has secured to its outer face the outwardly extending arms 13 and 14. The arms 13 and 14: may be connected to the face plate 10 by means of suitable mortise and tenon joints. The arms 13 and 14 are provided with vertically alined bores 15 and 16 respectively, and as shown the upper bore 15 has a relatively larger diameter than the bore 16 formed in the lower arm 14.

A rotatable supporting post 17 is provided, and is rotatably carried by the arms 13 and 14. The post 17 has a reduced depending portion 18 which is fitted in the bore 15 and which defines an annular shoulder 19. The extreme lower end of therounded portion 18 is provided with a reduced portion 20 which is fitted in the bore 16 and which forms an annular shoulder 21 for engaging the upper surface of the arm 1 1. The upper end of the rotatable post17 carries an outwardly extending bracket arm 25 which may be suitably carved or ornamented in any way if so desired. The outer end of this arm has secured thereto in any preferred manner the disk 26 which forms a base plate for receiving the base portion C of the telephone B. The upper surface of this disk shaped base plate 26 may be provided with a seat 27 for receiving the base C of the telephone. The arm 25 may also be provided with a plate 28, on which can be placed the receiver D when the same is moved from the hook E. This plate 28 may be secured to the upper surface of the arm 25 in any preferred manner, and the arm may be connected to the post 17 by a mortise and tenon joint if desired by the manufacturer.

A shelf 29 is provided for the stand or support and is adapted to project laterally from one face or longitudinal edge of the 37 by lts own weight can be collapsed so as to be of the way.

upper plate 28, and this shelf 29 is connected to the lower surface of the plate 28 by means of suitable hinges 80. In order to maintain the shelf 29 in its extended operative horizontal position, a suitable catch member 31 is provided. This catch 31 consists of an arcuate arm 32, which is connected at its upper edge by means'of a pivot pin 33 to a pair of spaced ears 34 which are struck out from a base plate 35 which is secured in any preferred manner to the lower surface of the shelf 29. This arm 32 is provided with a tooth 36 which is adapted to engage a lock plate 37 which can be secured in any preferred manner to one face of the supporting arm 25. This supporting arm 25 is provided with a transversely extending opening 38 for permitting the arm 32 to slidably extend therethrough. The arm 32 is provided with an operating handle 39. It can be seen that when the shelf 29 is moved to its extended operative posit-ion, the arm 32 will be moved through the opening 38 and that the tooth will be moved into engagement with the lock plate and held in engagement therewith. When it is desired lower the shelf, the arm 32 is raised by means of the handle 39 and the tooth 36 is moved out of engagement with the lock plate 87. The shelf 29 is then permitted to fall to a substantially Vertical position. This shelf 29 forms a convenient means for supporting a note book or the like, Or it can be used for holding the ordinary telephone directory.

When the shelf 29 is in its extended horizontal position, the upper surface thereof is flush with the upper surface of the plate 28 and the rear edgethereof is adapted to engage the wall or other support to which. the bracket'or telephone stand is attached. This prevents the swinging movement of the post 17 in one direction, and holds the telephone in. the desired position. After the telephone has been used the shelf 29 can be moved to a closed position and the same swung back against the wall out of the way. Thus it can be seen that the support will occupy a minimum amount of space and normally out Owing to the compact nature of the support, the same is particularly adaptable for supporting a telephone on a desk or the like, where the top surface is needed for the usual work.

Changes in details may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of this invention; but,

I claim: r

1. A telephone bracket comprising an attaching face plate, a post rotatably supported by the face plate, a radially extending supporting armcarried by the post, a telephone receiving base plate secured to the outer end of the arm, and a top plate secured to the arm in rear of the base plate.

2. A telephone bracket comprising an attaching face plate, a post rotatably supported by the face plate, a radially extending supporting arm carried by the post, a telephone receiving base plate carried by the outer end of the arm, and a supporting plate secured to the upper surface of the arm in rear of the telephone receiving base plate, and a laterally extending shelf carried by the supporting plate.

3. A telephone supporting bracket, a face plate, a post rotatably carried by the face plate, a telephone receiving base plate carried by the post, a plate carried by the post, and a hinged shelf carried by the plate and arranged to extend laterally therefrom. Y

4:. A telephone support comprising a face plate, a pair of outwardly extending arms carried by the face plate, a post rotatably carried by the arms, an outwardly extend ing supporting arm carried by the upper end of the post, a telephone-receiving base plate, carried by the'outer end' of the arm, a plate carried by the'upper edge of the supporting arm, a shelf pivotally secured to one longitudinal edge of the plate, and a pivoted joint for holding the shelf in its extended position. i

5. A supporting bracket for comprising a face plate, a carried by the face plate, a laterally extending arm secured to the post adjacent to the upper end thereof, a disk shaped teletelephone post rotatably phone receiving base plate secured. to the supporting arm, a. plate secured to the upper edge of the sup-portingarm in rear of the disk shaped base plate, the supporting arm having a transversely extending recess therein, a shelf, hinges connecting the shelf to the plate, an arcuate attaching member pivotally secured to the lower surface of the shelf arranged to extend through said opening, a tooth formed on said arcuate supporting member, and a lock plate carried by the supporting .arm arranged to extend into the opening for en aging said tooth.

JOSEPH EL% 1ER THOMAS. 

